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Ilya Somin
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Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger. .. more

Ilya Somin is an American legal scholar. He is a law professor at George Mason University, B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, a blogger for the Volokh Conspiracy, and a former co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review (2006–2013). His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, migration rights, and the study of popular political participation and its implications for constitutional democracy. .. more

Political science 45%
Economics 24%

It’s a real bear of a dilemma!
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Congratulations!

Well, at least I can still be like Taylor Swift! If, God forbid, my loyal fans miss an appearance, I'll just have to shake it off. But I will still leave a blank space where they can write their names.

My upcoming December speaking engagements in Mexico and Israel (some are open to the public): reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements in Mexico and Israel
I will be giving multiple talks in these two countries, in December.
reason.com

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I don’t doubt it!

But true, nonetheless.

These guys are obviously crazy as well as evil. And yet only modestly more so than much that goes on in “normal” politics and warfare…
NPR @npr.org · 3d
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. n.pr/4puzyhb
Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children
Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
n.pr

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